I have to believe the actual poll and report aren't as glaringly stupid as that headline. If you ask nearly anyone, "do you want peace?" They are going to respond with "yes." The devil is always in the details though. Ask them, "should the war in Ukraine be ended by the Ukrainian Government capitulating to all Russian demands to secure an immediate peace?" And, you might find a lot of folks are suddenly less peaceful. This reminds me of the old saw:
There's lies, damned lines and then there is statistics.
With a crafted question and a bit of p-hacking you can get a lot of results you want out of people.
But this isn't going to be a solution Russia can abide willingly, which is how we end up not being "anti-war" so much as hoping one side wins. Fine distinction.
I'm for ending the war through a unilateral surrender of Russian forces and the trial of Mr Putin for crimes against humanity. However, my opinion doesn't have a lot of influence over whether that happens.
Similarly, I'm for ending the war in Gaza through the voluntary disarmament of Hamas, the repudiation of terrorism as a way of life, the handover of illegal settlements to displaced Palestinian Arab civilians, and the prosecution of Netanyahu for treason and war crimes. But I don't expect to get to make that decision either.
The results seem not to be very helpful:
Sure I'm also for a negotiated peace in Ukraine as long as the pre 2014 borders are restored and reparations are paid.
But how would you differentiate that from a Putin apologist?
Do you think a peace deal that cedes Crimea and parts of Donbas to Russia, while also keeping Ukraine out of any defense pacts, to be a lasting prospect? It is hard to imagine that the story would end there.
This seems so astroturfed. The news website, the "Institute for global affairs". It's like AI spat it out... because of course it is. The article is leading, and the supposed report is just a wall of text with a lot of supposition and no sourcing what so ever. Oh sure, there are references, that lead to more gobbledygook.
Is it time to vet news platform? I know that sounds incredibly dangerous, what with the fifth estate and all, but I think federated platforms should probably whitelist some of its news sourcings, because this is getting ridiculous.